Tombo of Juba

Tombo of Juba (410-427) was a gladiator of the Eastern Roman Empire.

Biography
Born in present-day South Sudan in 410 AD, Tombo was enslaved by the Eastern Roman Empire in a Nile River slave raid, and he was made a fighter in the gladiatorial arenas. In 427, he fought Artaxerxes of Baghdad, but he was impaled with a spear.